Gossip Roundup: The Missing Thesis

•Reliable Source: Alito's senior thesis is missing. His thesis advisor responds, "I confess surprise that a man so dreadfully intellectually and morally challenged asGeorge W. Bushwould want a person as intellectually gifted, independent and morally principled asSam Alitoon the bench." [ WP ]

•Inside the Beltway: GiulianiandHillarylead in '08 Power Rankings. [ WT ]